Biodiversity is Decimated by the Cascading Effects of the Amphibian-killing Chytrid Fungus

Overview

Journal PLoS Pathog

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2022 Jul 21

PMID 35862362

Authors

Elise F Zipkin

Graziella V DiRenzo

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